Karim Onisiwo

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Karim Onisiwo
FC Red Bull Salzburg gegen FC Blau-Weiss Linz (2025-04-06 Osterreichische Bundesliga) 53.jpg
Onisiwo playing for Red Bull Salzburg in 2025
Personal information
Full name Karim Onisiwo [1]
Date of birth (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward, right winger
Team information
Current team
Red Bull Salzburg
Number 9
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2011 SC Ostbahn XI 23 (7)
2011–2012 TSV Neumarkt 16 (8)
2012–2014 Austria Salzburg 31 (18)
2014–2016 SV Mattersburg 51 (20)
2016–2025 Mainz 05 214 (33)
2025– Red Bull Salzburg 9 (1)
International career
2014 Austria U21 1 (0)
2015–2023 Austria 24 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:11, 2 August 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:30, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Karim Onisiwo (born 17 March 1992) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward or right winger for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Austria national team.

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Club career

Onisiwo joined Austria Salzburg in 2012. [2] After two years in SV Mattersburg, he joined German side Mainz 05 in January 2016. He scored his first goal for Mainz on 7 May 2016 in a 3-1 win against VfB Stuttgart. [3] In his first full season in Mainz, Onisiwo played in the UEFA Europa League and finished as 3rd in group stage. He scored his first hat-trick for the club on 28 January 2023 in a 5–2 win against VfL Bochum. [4] He extended his contract with Mainz 05 until 2026. [5]

On 2 January 2025, Onisiwo returned to Austria and signed a contract with Red Bull Salzburg until 30 June 2026. [6]

International career

Onisiwo was born in Austria to a Nigerian father and Austrian mother. [7] He made his debut for the senior Austria squad as a substitute, in a friendly against Switzerland in November 2015. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 August 2025 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
TSV Neumarkt2011–12 1. Landesliga 16810178
Austria Salzburg 2013–14 Austrian Second League 3118203318
SV Mattersburg 2014–15 Austrian Second League3318203518
2014–15 Austrian Bundesliga 18231213
Total5120515621
Mainz 05 2015–16 Bundesliga 910091
2016–17 Bundesliga161203 [b] 0211
2017–18 Bundesliga8020100
2018–19 Bundesliga26710277
2019–20 Bundesliga32410334
2020–21 Bundesliga31410324
2021–22 Bundesliga31522337
2022–23 Bundesliga3110303410
2023–24 Bundesliga24120261
2024–25 Bundesliga602080
Total21433162300023335
Red Bull Salzburg 2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga81103 [c] 1122
2025–26 Austrian Bundesliga10002 [d] 131
Total91102131153
Career total32174253513135485

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 201510
201610
201940
202041
202150
202250
202340
Total241
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Onisiwo goal.
List of international goals scored by Karim Onisiwo
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 September 2020 Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, AustriaFlag of Romania.svg  Romania 2–32–3 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B

References

  1. "Karim Onisiwo". Bundesliga. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. "Austria Salzburg holt Sturmtalent Karim Onisiwo". Austria Salzburg (in German).
  3. "Spielinfo Vfb Stuttgart - 1. FSV Mainz 05 1:3". Kicker (in German).
  4. "Drei Onisiwo-Tore lassen Mainz jubeln" (in German). Sportschau. 30 January 2023.
  5. "Entscheidung leicht gefallen: Onisiwo verlängert um zwei Jahre". Kicker (in German).
  6. "New signing: Karim Onisiwo joins from Mainz". Red Bull Salzburg. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  7. "Mainz 05: Spieler immer wieder Opfer rassistischer Beleidigungen - Verein positioniert sich". www.fr.de.
  8. "Austria vs Switzerland". skysports.com. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  9. Karim Onisiwo at Soccerway . Retrieved 20 July 2019.